Funding Announced To Reduce Reoffending

Charities and social enterprises who use innovative ways to reduce reoffending in England have been handed a boost worth more than £2 million.

In recognition that social action has an important role to play in reducing reoffending, 12 organisations will benefit from £2.4 million through the Rehabilitation Social Action Fund (RSAF), a Centre for Social Action programme.

The grants will provide the chosen organisations with resources to demonstrate what works and deliver social action programmes at a greater scale, for example in new prisons and communities.

Grant recipients will use a range of social action methods to support ex-offenders to stop committing crime and to transform their lives, overcoming issues like drug and alcohol abuse and homelessness.

Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd said: "The work that all of these organisations are involved in highlights that social issues can often be dealt with very effectively through making the most of community and individual resources. These grants will allow this work to be invested in and expanded.

"These grants, developed in partnership with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), come alongside a wide-ranging package of support for voluntary organisations interested in delivering offender rehabilitation services under the government’s probation reforms."

The Ministry of Justice also announced today that a grant of almost £200,000 will be given to the charity Clinks so they can provide legal support to voluntary organisations who are planning to play a role in the rehabilitation reforms. It is the final part of a voluntary sector support package worth half a million pounds.

(CD)